You know, that is the first thing I thought of to be honest, that is NASCAR's way of trying to help make sure that Dillon and the #3 win the Championship, they would milk it for everything that it is worth
I already see NASCAR giving Austin Dillon the pole and the Victory for the Daytona 500, I mean look back at last year and the media circus over when Danica was given , errrr, won the pole for the 500, its all that was talked about by the mainstream media, and for some reason, that is what King Faux wants, is to be covered by the main stream .
And my other thought is this, now NASCAR and SMI can raise the ticket prices for the Chase race's and get away with it, and can also, the advert cost can be raised as well for the Chase race's on TV, this was a money making move, and dont let anything that is being said fool you, this all about NASCAR's bottom line and not about better racing